Accepted scientific name:
Amphichthys cryptocentrus (Valenciennes, 1837) (accepted name) 1 literature reference for Amphichthys cryptocentrus (Valenciennes, 1837)
Synonyms:
Amphichthys hildebrandi (Breder, 1925) (synonym) 1 literature reference for Amphichthys hildebrandi (Breder, 1925)
Batrachus cryptocentrus Valenciennes, 1837 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Batrachus cryptocentrus Valenciennes, 1837
Marcgravia cryptocentra (Valenciennes, 1837) (synonym) 1 literature reference for Marcgravia cryptocentra (Valenciennes, 1837)
Opsanus hildebrandi Breder, 1925 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Opsanus hildebrandi Breder, 1925
Common names:
Common name Transliteration Language Country
Bocon toadfish - English - Click here to show the literature
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Bocon toadfish - English USA Click here to show the literature
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Sapo bacon - English USA Click here to show the literature
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Sapo bocon - English Trinidad Tob Click here to show the literature
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Ruskokonnakala - Finnish Finland Click here to show the literature
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Crapaud goulu - French - Click here to show the literature
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Umi-gama - Japanese Japan Click here to show the literature
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吻双蟾鱼 Wen shuang chan yu Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature
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吻雙蟾魚 Wun shuang chan yu Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature
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希氏双蟾鱼 Xi shi shuang chan yu Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature
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希氏雙蟾魚 Si shih shuang chan yu Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature
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隐棘锤蟾鱼 Yin ji chui chan yu Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature
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隱棘鎚蟾魚 - Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature
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Pacamon - Portuguese Brazil(Ceará) Click here to show the literature
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Pacamão - Portuguese Brazil(Pernambuco) Click here to show the literature
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Sapo bocón - Spanish - Click here to show the literature
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Classification:
Animalia CoL
Phylum Chordata CoL
Class Actinopterygii FishBase
Order Batrachoidiformes FishBase
Family Batrachoididae FishBase
Genus Amphichthys FishBase
Distribution: Western Atlantic: Panama to Brazil.
Lifezones: Marine
Additional data: -
Source database: FishBase, Jul 2013   99%
Latest taxonomic scrutiny: Group expert : Collette, B., 02-Oct-2012
Online resource: http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/SpeciesSummary.php?ID=967
CoL taxon LSID: urn:lsid:catalogueoflife.org:taxon:fd9e4af5-ac8e-11e3-805d-020044200006:col20140401